BOYS' BASKETBALL: Waynesboro defeats Northern York, 71-56

The Waynesboro Indians notched their 12th win of the season and second in a row Saturday with a 71-56 victory against Northern in a non-league game.

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Posted Jan. 20, 2014 at 11:00 AM

Posted Jan. 20, 2014 at 11:00 AM

DILLSBURG — The Waynesboro Indians notched their 12th win of the season and second in a row Saturday with a 71-56 victory against Northern in a non-league game.

Following up a 74-49 road win against Big Spring on Friday, Waynesboro’s uptempo game reaped benefits at the foul line in an afternoon game. The Tribe (12-3) made 32 trips to the foul line compared to just six by the Polar Bears. Waynesboro converted on 17 free throws.

“Two games in about 15 or 16 hours is not easy. I don’t care if they’re young or not,” said Waynesboro coach Tom Hoffman. “To come out of that with two wins was great.”

The Indians, which had 15 steals in the game, jumped out to a 21-10 after the first quarter and shook off a sluggish second quarter in which they were outscored 23-16.

“We jumped out to a nice lead,” Hoffman said. “Seth (Hoffman) hit some big shots. We got into foul trouble, and the next thing you know it’s a four-point lead at the half. They had the ball down two and Connor (Fetterhoff) got in the passing lane and got a steal and scored just before the buzzer.”

Waynesboro, which led 37-33 at halftime, fell behind by a point in the third period but managed to quell Northern’s rally to take a 55-48 lead after three periods The Indians outscored the Polar Bears 16-8 in the fourth quarter.

Four players scored in double digits for the Indians, including 15 points each by Seth Hoffman, Tim Ingram and Devonte Montgomery. Connor Fetterhoff finished with 14 points.

Hoffman made four of Waynesboro’s eight three-point field goals, while Fetterhoff and Montgomery each made two 3-pointers. Seven of Ingram’s points came at the foul line.

Shaquill Smith contributed with four assists and six steals. Montgomery made it a double-double as he grabbed 13 rebounds. Ben Clemmer had four steals.

MCSHERRYSTOWN — Coming off arguably its biggest win of the year by upsetting Gettysburg 24 hours prior, the Greencastle-Antrim boys’ basketball team was unable to carry the momentum into Saturday night’s non-league contest against Delone Catholic, coming up short to the Squires, 53-48.

Joel Zola scored a game-high 20 points for the Blue Devils (5-9) followed by 15 from freshman Casey Hoover.

A sluggish start put G-A at a 15-6 deficit by the end of the opening quarter, with the Blue Devils responding to draw within five at 26-21 by the break.

The Squires (10-6) extended their advantage to eight entering the fourth before holding off the visitors in the closing moments for the five-point victory.

“We’d get it within a posession or two, but we couldn’t seem to get it any closer,” G-A head coach Gary Martin said. “We played two very good teams on their home floors on back-to-back nights. After beating Gettysburg on Friday, we just came up a little short of keeping things rolling.”

Devon Moore and Jake Wiles paced Delone’s attack, both finishing with 17 points in the win.

The Blue Devils are scheduled to return to action tomorrow night at Boiling Springs as part of a varsity double-header with the G-A girls. Tuesday’s boys’ game is set to tip off at 8 p.m.